Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-24

be. The entire ticket could easily be
named to-day, but that would be pre-
mature, as the scheme is to make the
kickers believe they select it and that
| it is not the. creation of q few interested
individuals.
81. F. Jencks said to a newspaper re-
porter this morning that if he did not
have his coal field interests on his hands
he would begin at once the erection of o
commodious hotel building on the
corner of Walnut and Fourth streets,
Mr.. Jencks hopes to be able to carry out
this his pet scheme before many more
moons sail by.
A telegram received from John P.
Brennan last night that he
will propably start for home to-day,
! which will bring him to Yankton on Sat-
urday night. Mrs. Crennan's mother is
at Toledo and also j. 81. Teller and wife,
of this city. Mr.. Crennan's infant
daughter has almost recovered from her
late sickness. Mrs. Urennan's remains
were inferred yesterday at Toledo.
The city justice now sits in solemn
silence in his revolving chair awaiting
the sensation OF the short sharp shock
which will accompany the introduction
into his august presence of q parsonage
who, unless we'll supplied with %''stuff,'
will be compelled to languish in the
refrigerator. No maleia,tor has darken-
ed the doorway of the police court for
several weeks, and the perqnisites OF
the justice office are somewhat feeble.
There is a desire among a great many
Yankton men to trying raising corn on
a Missouri river sand bar, and it is prob
able that the attempt will be made this
season. 1t is estimated that ears of corn
one of which would make q meal for g
horse will grow on corn stalks nurtured
upon q sand bar, and one man beholds
a watermelon patch wherein melons re-
sembllns the ancient mounds are more
numerous than real estate deals in
Yankton just now.
Ooionsi Hughes East, who visited
Sioux City yesterday, fell III with a rep.
1esentatiYe of the Columbus buggy
mandatory, who was looking Sioux
City over with a view to establishing
a branch buggy shop. Dol. East spoke
to him of Ysnkton, and its advantages
as a distributing point, and the buggy
man became interested, and will prob
ably visit Yankton. Col. East is of the
opinion that Yankton can add a buggy
mandatory to her list of enterprises BY
taking the proper steps.
The presumption exists that the docu
ments on file in the Office of q count,
register of deeds are placed there TO-
the inspection of the public. The Yank,
ton county register of deeds, however
has peculiar rules of his own, existing
:. outside the territorial statutes, ant
under these rules newspaper reporter
> are denied access to documents tlet
with the register of deeds under the ex,
ouse that the parties who filed them d'
not want the transfers made public. Th'
query arises, what is o register of deed
Office for?
When O'Brien's real estate office wa
closed late last night a vagrant do
which had been enjoying the hospital
ties OF the establishment was shut II
After a while the situation became mo
nosonous in it's loneliness and the do
k..Gl ,1to ,-S nhnrr,o whynh lQafaI
/. until he was released by the ~ianitor thi
morning. During the early stages c
the entertainment the canine smashed
. large light of glass from q window in tn
west front and hung himself half wa
through the opening SO the outsid
{ neighbors could participate in the Ell
h lioyment of his vocal efforts. 1t was
wild night in that block.
A business man of Sioux City has re
lated to o YanktoDian o circumstanc
full of the flavor of Importance. I'll
= business man asked the Union Pacif
!, iengineer who ran the line from Norfol
to Covington Opposite Sioux City tn
spring why 1t was he went as far mort
as Coleridge before turning eastwal
towards Sioux Oity. The enquirer r
piled that they intended to run to Van
AZ ton and that Yankton could be east
h reached from C%oleridge. This ID Il
story told by a Sioux City man to
10 Yankten man. Coleridge is the fl
station south of Harrington on &
Northwestern road and is about twent
five miles south and ten miles east
Ysnkton. The line as surveyed RI
he almost due north some forty miles fre
Norfolk and then turns o square corr
h and goes due east to Sioux City. Var
an toms chances for the Union Pacific set
Id fully as good as the Sioux Cit.
chances.
y, Lost.-A large plaid silk muller v
lost between the Merchaots hotel
Third street, and the corner Of 9th o
Cedar streets last night. A reward
81 90 will be paid for the return of
-, same to this office.
49,. A clean fresh stock OF spring cloth
& for men, youths and boys at low pr
Ry. at hARkf hAIz
,oo If you want great bargai
come and see aur job lots